What would YOU do?

[WizardRubic]

I'm a poor 18 year old who cant even afford $20 to make a deposit. My first thought was just keep it, the casinos prey on gamblers providing -ev games and rake in tons so its no big deal. But then seeing peoples responses got me thinking about the employe and considering it does affect the employee as well it's probably best just got do the decent thing and return it.

I'm 17. I can't even legally make a deposit. I don't have a penny to my name. I was like you before seeing this thread. After seeing this, I agree with you 100%. If this ever happens to me, I'll most certainly return it. I'd hate to screw over someone else who's probably in a similar situation as me.

 

[dumpy620_84]

you've got to do the right thing and give it back. Hopefully without hesitation.

 

[doncaster]

I just have to add to this post.....
6 months ago we were playing at a $1/$2 cash table.Half an hour later a TD and security guard approached and aske one player to set away from the table.Obviously we all stopped playing and watched trying to figure out what was happening.
To cut the story short.....The player had gone to the cage and handed over 4 $50 dollar bills and aske for $250 in chips,which he was given.
The cashier never noticed the mistake but half an hour later the replay on the CCTV above the cage showed the shortage and of course the player was easily identified and sought out.
My question is...."if it happened the other way around,player giving $250 and getting $200 then querying it later,would they check the CCTV footage?"

 

[Mr Sandbag]

I just have to add to this post.....
6 months ago we were playing at a $1/$2 cash table.Half an hour later a TD and security guard approached and aske one player to set away from the table.Obviously we all stopped playing and watched trying to figure out what was happening.
To cut the story short.....The player had gone to the cage and handed over 4 $50 dollar bills and aske for $250 in chips,which he was given.
The cashier never noticed the mistake but half an hour later the replay on the CCTV above the cage showed the shortage and of course the player was easily identified and sought out.
My question is...."if it happened the other way around,player giving $250 and getting $200 then querying it later,would they check the CCTV footage?"

Absolutely, they would.

 

[PurgatoryD]

When I was younger, I paid cash for a money order from the US Post Office. As I walked away from the counter, I realized that the amount was for over $300 more than I had paid. I went back to get the amount corrected and the cashier thanked me profusely as she said she would have had to pay for the mistake out of her own paycheck.

So, there is the issue of the employee having to pay for it. But there's something else as well.

Decades later, I still feel good about that decision I made to return the money. Had I spent it, I probably wouldn't even remember what I bought.

 

[Skidis]

Agree 100%

It's not like you are damaging the employee, because they all have for sure a kind of "insurance" (dont know the proper name, sorry) for those situations. And I'm not that pitty for the casinos

To be honest, I would feel bad for not leaving them back. But I think that if it happend to me, I would take them anyway... But this is somehow something I need to train, because, its a bad thing to do.

 

[Four Dogs]

Wow, life changing money. If this homeless man can turn a bag of money with $40,000 in it over to the police you can do it for $20.
Police honor homeless man’s good deed

 

[Aricamposjr]

Wow, life changing money. If this homeless man can turn a bag of money with $40,000 in it over to the police you can do it for $20.
Police honor homeless man’s good deed

Congratulations to him for acting correctly!!
You've got to do or at least try to do the rigth thing!

 

[jimmylytle2]

I do not even count my chips when they give it to me, so it would not happen to me in the first place. I mean if you cannot trust the person giving you your chips to be correct, who can you trust?

 

[doncaster]

When I was younger, I paid cash for a money order from the US Post Office. As I walked away from the counter, I realized that the amount was for over $300 more than I had paid. I went back to get the amount corrected and the cashier thanked me profusely as she said she would have had to pay for the mistake out of her own paycheck.

So, there is the issue of the employee having to pay for it. But there's something else as well.

Decades later, I still feel good about that decision I made to return the money. Had I spent it, I probably wouldn't even remember what I bought.

Its funny how we remeber things from our past.Not poker related but when my Father passed away and my Mum was left with nothing,trying to provide for 2 kids(I was 12),I remember being chosen to play goal keeper for the under 13 soccer team and I never had a jumper to wear....one of the players gave me a black top which I wore with pride and was soo greatful.
Even today 30 years later I still remember this and I wish to contact him and again thank him for his kindness.I have googled his name and looked on Face Book but am unable to find him.
THANK YOU ERROL....I will NEVER forget.

 

[SANDYHOOKER KY]

Quite a moral dilemma, or is it? For the 'morally' sound, returning the chips is a no brainer. For the morally corrupt. it is also a no brainer. Now, does the casino have a policy in place for such acts of human error? No doubt it does if one is shorted chips, but does it have one for overpayment of chips? I myself do not know for sure. But i could sleep a little better at night if i returned them. What would you do if someone asked you to change a $10.00 bill, and you "accidently" gave them change for a hundred? I bet you wouldn't say it's okay then.

 

[djsmay27]

Give it back. It's the right thing to do even if casinos are profitting so greatly. You will be much better respected.

 

[rahina]

I would give it back.Carma is a bitch

 

[aa88wildbill]

Give the chip back! 10 commandments.

 

[italiano]

good as people say I should tell you, I think you could let it go if you do not have any negative consequences for you in the future! But the right thing would be returned: (

 

[babydrago9]

Depends on how much you cashed out with, if it was like 2000 its not worth it, if its around 200 then why not your not exactly breaking the casinos bank haha

 

[BigCountryAA]

I would give it back. No reason for the employ to maybe take a hit on his paycheck because I choose to be dishonest.

 

[CrossedLine]

We are the biggest bunch of hypocrites on earth. We talk constantly about gambling, getting the most value, going after fish. Fish have "families, hobbies, loved ones, kids" too. Justice? People saying they don't believe in God but believe in karma? A person whose stated he/she was raised Catholic and bringing up morality but bringing up Poker Gods in the next sentence. This doesn't seem silly?! People on here make a living exploiting other people, and all of a sudden we are all taking the moral high ground.

 

[albeguebe]

I give them back to avoid problems ...

 

[Mr Sandbag]

We are the biggest bunch of hypocrites on earth. We talk constantly about gambling, getting the most value, going after fish. Fish have "families, hobbies, loved ones, kids" too. Justice? People saying they don't believe in God but believe in karma? A person whose stated he/she was raised Catholic and bringing up morality but bringing up Poker Gods in the next sentence. This doesn't seem silly?! People on here make a living exploiting other people, and all of a sudden we are all taking the moral high ground.

Big difference between a poker game and life. When players sit down at a poker table, there is a mutual understanding that they will try to exploit each other to make money and "win" the game. It is assumed that the money on the table is surplus cash that will not affect family or careers if lost. If your outlook on life includes ruthlessly exploiting a person's honest mistake for your own financial benefit whenever possible, you're going to be a miserable person.

 

[kidkvno1]

We are the biggest bunch of hypocrites on earth. We talk constantly about gambling, getting the most value, going after fish. Fish have "families, hobbies, loved ones, kids" too. Justice? People saying they don't believe in God but believe in karma? A person whose stated he/she was raised Catholic and bringing up morality but bringing up Poker Gods in the next sentence. This doesn't seem silly?! People on here make a living exploiting other people, and all of a sudden we are all taking the moral high ground.

Why, it's the right thing to do! Every good deed helps you live better, just like if you found a $20.00 bill sitting on the ground, and asked the one in front of you, if he or she had dropped it and said yes they did, and told you it was their last $20 till their next paycheck.
Oh and P.S Poker is not "Gambling"

 

[ScottishMatt]

Big difference between a poker game and life. When players sit down at a poker table, there is a mutual understanding that they will try to exploit each other to make money and "win" the game. It is assumed that the money on the table is surplus cash that will not affect family or careers if lost. If your outlook on life includes ruthlessly exploiting a person's honest mistake for your own financial benefit whenever possible, you're going to be a miserable person.

Mistakes are there to be exploited. I know that if everyone had capitalized on my past errors I wouldn't be making stupid ****ing mistakes nowadays.

So the employee loses $20, and it gives him incentive not to **** up again.

FWIW I wouldn't rushlessly exploit every mistake - if a charity accidentally wired 10K into my bank account I would be requesting that it get wired back instantly. Considering that is about 1000% more than I have in my bank account right now, I'd say I'm not financially ruthless.

 

[PurgatoryD]

Its funny how we remeber things from our past.

Absolutely! Seemingly small things can stick with us forever, which actually makes them quite large.

one of the players gave me a black top which I wore with pride and was soo greatful. Even today 30 years later I still remember this and I wish to contact him and again thank him for his kindness.

That's awesome! Well, even if your thanks never reach him, the experience may live on with him as well and in that sense he has been "thanked" many times over.

Thanks for sharing!

 

[DaMan1313]

Agree 100%

It's not like you are damaging the employee, because they all have for sure a kind of "insurance" (dont know the proper name, sorry) for those situations. And I'm not that pitty for the casinos

I agree they get paid to pay attention so its not like you are steeling it.

 

[Four Dogs]

I agree they get paid to pay attention so its not like you are steeling it.

OMG, you don't really mean that do you? If you do you are definitely NOT DaMan.